Upon hearing this, Xu Yunfan released Li Miaojun and tossed her aside. After ensuring she was incapacitated, he quickly walked over to Li Haomiao. He gazed at the wound piercing his heart and couldn't help but smack his lips.
"You're still alive?"
Li Haomiao rolled his eyes.
"Can't you just say something nice?"
Li Haomiao muttered after a pause.
"Thank you. Without you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to do anything."
Xu Yunfan waved his hand. "That's not necessary. I only attacked this woman at her last gasp. If she were in good condition, you'd be on your own."
This woman was too powerful. Even with just a wisp of Qi cultivated from her Outer Three Combinations, she was capable of defeating someone at the Blood Training stage. He was only at the Great Completion stage. He could
n't defeat her, absolutely not.
Most importantly, Li Miaojun's final words held him back. If Li Haomiao couldn't stop her, both he and Fang Mushan would die.
As for Fang Mushan, Xu Yunfan glanced at him, who was trapped in the snow not far away. When Fang Mushan exerted his strength just now, he exerted the most force, but he accidentally sank deep into the snowdrift. Even after the battle was over, he was still struggling and couldn't climb out.
Hearing this, Li Haomiao slowly closed his eyes.
Xu Yunfan's expression changed slightly. He glanced at the motionless Li Haomiao and stretched out his fingers to touch Li Haomiao's stomach.
Li Haomiao opened his eyes: "What are you doing?"
"I want to cut open your stomach and see if there is anything good inside."
"..."
Li Haomiao reluctantly raised his hand and placed it on Xu Yunfan's shoulder.
"I feel like I'm a little exhausted."
Xu Yunfan's face turned anxious: "Don't die yet, pass the Chaoyang Yiqi Jue to me first!"
"..."
Li Haomiao wanted to curse, but he couldn't muster any strength. He just stared and controlled his breathing, fearing that he would lose control of his heart and the wound would bleed.
A normal person would have died from such a severe heart injury. However, with his muscles, bones, and skin fully developed, and the Three Outer Merits completed, he entered the Flesh Refining Realm, gaining initial control over his muscles.
Under these circumstances, as a Flesh Refining Realm master, he possessed an extremely formidable vitality.
However, the heart injury was still a serious one. If it weren't for the Dragon Tiger Pill, Li Haomiao would have expired long ago.
He was already on his deathbed.
"You'd better not get angry with him. If he gets even slightly agitated, he might die."
A slightly aged voice suddenly rang out from behind Xu Yunfan.
Xu Yunfan jumped with a start, ducked his head, and ducked his body, darting away almost flat on the ground. He only stopped ten meters away.
Turning back, he saw a large, white-bearded, old face before him.
Xu Yunfan's scalp tingled, his heart tightened, and a chill shot up his spine.
His legs seemed to spring up, instantly settling into a horse stance. His knees bent slightly inward, like an old tree rooted to the ground. His waist, like a powerful torsion spring poised for action, twisted rapidly, channeling the power of his entire upper body up through his spine.
His back muscles bulged like two solid mountains, each tense to the utmost, as if straining to squeeze out all the strength within.
His shoulders dropped, his arm muscles tensed like iron, his biceps and triceps working in unison, driving his fist forward like a sledgehammer.
The blow was met with a whirring, piercing sound.
He was confident that even a rock in front of him could be shattered by this blow.
The next moment, his pupils fluttered as a hand enveloped his fist. The force of the blow was like a drop in the ocean, creating no ripple.
Then, like a golden snake, the hand wrapped around his arm, pressing down on him several times.
Before Xu Yunfan could react, the large face retreated swiftly, appearing beside Li Haomiao in the blink of an eye.
Xu Yunfan was startled, and looking intently, he saw an old Taoist priest in a long, green robe suddenly appear.
The old Taoist priest was extremely tall, over two meters tall, and his body was as thin as a dead branch. He exuded an indescribable, eerie aura, somewhat like the legendary slender ghost, which chilled him to the core.
The old Taoist priest muttered repeatedly in a low, hoarse voice, "His aptitude is too poor. His only remaining true blood seems to have been completely depleted by the practice of the Red Copper Cloak and Wind Hammer."
He slowly crouched down, and like a ghostly spirit, he rapidly tapped Li Haomiao's body.
Miraculously, Li Haomiao's face, once as pale as paper, instantly became rosy, as if infused with vibrant vitality.
The old Taoist priest, his face filled with heartache, carefully pulled a pill from his bosom. Then, with a look of dismay, he slapped Li Haomiao twice, angrily scolding,
"You prodigal son! You've almost completely squandered the wealth of our Dao Sect."
Li Haomiao slowly opened his eyes and, upon seeing the old Taoist priest before him, a trace of guilt crossed his face. He muttered, "Master, I was wrong. I shouldn't have trusted others so easily and left the mountain without permission."
A Dao Sect master?!
Xu Yunfan's tense nerves finally relaxed.
Along the way, he'd inquired about the Dao Sect, but he knew only that it was the foremost sect of the Great Zhou Empire, teeming with experts and shrouded in mystery. Even indirect inquiries had yielded little useful information.
Just then, Fang Mushan finally emerged from the snow cave.
His face flushed crimson, a look of guilt filling his face. "I'm sorry I didn't rush in first."
"It's okay. Your determination to enter is just as strong as mine. You're just unlucky,"
Xu Yunfan consoled him. As they conversed, Li Haomiao swallowed the elixir, raised his hand, pointed at him ten meters away, and muttered something under his breath.
The old Taoist shook his head slightly and uttered a single sentence, which Xu Yunfan didn't catch clearly.
The moment the old Taoist finished speaking, Li Haomiao's eyes widened and his voice rose a lot: "Master, you must have seen it wrong. He can practice the Red Copper Body Cloak Hammer and master it at once. You call him mediocre?!"
The old Taoist looked calm and said firmly: "There is no trace of true blood in his body. This skill must have consumed his true blood. Moreover, his aptitude is too ordinary. I am afraid it will take decades for him to learn martial arts in my Dao Sect."
After a pause, he said lightly: "Although there are not many people with true blood in the world, there are still many. Being able to activate the true blood in your body is already a godsend. Bringing it to Dao Sect is meaningless and will only add to your troubles."
Li Haomiao was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then looked at Xu Yunfan with a face full of guilt: "I harmed him."
After a pause, he said: "I promised to give him a true skill of the outer three combinations, Master..."
"Real skill?"
The old Taoist frowned and glanced at Xu Yunfan with displeasure.
Seeing this, Xu Yunfan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, feeling an inexplicable discomfort in his heart. He secretly criticized this old guy...
Then, Li Haomiao said a few more words.
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